Can’t deny Occupy
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which officially began on Sept. 17 in Zuccotti Park and has since captured the eye of the country and the world, is picking up steam with each passing day.

The voice of the turtledove: It’s really overdue By DANIEL MELTZER
Occupy Wall Street is neither an occupation nor is it on Wall Street (the Street being too sacred a place for the People to assemble). It is a state of mind, and a statement of disgust and rejection of the status quo in these United States of America, which are arguably less united today than at any time since the Civil War. If the scene at Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan is disorderly, it is because the superficial orderliness that surrounds it in the canyons of power that are the Financial District, is as false as the phony storefronts on a Hollywood set.

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Time to change the tune
Tuesday, Occupy Wall Street protesters picketed homes of Upper East Side millionaires, including Rupert Murdoch, David Koch and Howard Milstein. The demonstrators decried the fact that rich New Yorkers will benefit from the imminent expiration of the state’s “Millionaires’ Tax.” Saturday, they were at Washington Square. See article.

A New Yorker goes nomadicBY BOB KRASNER
A few weeks ago, Ed Casabian was living in the East Village. It’s his favorite part of Manhattan, partly due to the fact that it has “some of the best restaurants in the city.” Seventh St. between First Ave. and Avenue A is his favorite food block. Caracas Arepa Bar, Pylos and Luke’s Lobster are a few of the places that top his list.

Rudin now owns St. Vincent’s site, brings in partnerBy ALBERT AMATEAU
Members of Community Board 2’s St. Vincent’s Omnibus Committee last week considered how to officially respond to the Rudin Organization’s proposal for the residential redevelopment of the former hospital’s main campus in Greenwich Village.

Do we have fortitude to keep up war against terror?By ED KOCH
In his address to Congress after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said it was “a date which will live in infamy.” Nine Eleven is likewise a date that will live in infamy.

Artists bear witness to the rebirth of W.T.C. siteBy GERARD FLYNN
On the 48th floor of Seven World Trade Center, a group of artists have taken on the daunting challenge of documenting the reconstruction of Ground Zero in its many forms and through many different media since the 52-story building was completed in 2006.

Former MVP hoopster’s team wins one for the ZipperBy LINCOLN ANDERSON and TEQUILA MINSKY
On Mon., Aug. 22, the Stephen Mulderry Men’s Unlimited League held its championship game at the Hamilton Fish basketball court on the Lower East Side. The tournament’s namesake was a 33-year-old equities trader and top player in the league who died in the World Trade Center attack.

On the ground at the Trade Center as Towers fellBy CLAYTON PATTERSON
Remembering 9/11 is like viewing an avant-garde filmstrip with several deleted frames. Some images are absolutely clear but there is no continuity of information or connection to what happened before or what came next.

Haunting my youth — from Pakistan to Ground ZeroBy MUNEEZA IQBAL
I sat in front of the television doing my homework. It was around five in the evening and I was startled to hear my dad’s voice as he marched up the stairs, hours before he usually came home from work.